Please see the updated guidance on prescribing Mounjaro in General Practice.
Please view full details – Local Medical Committee Briefing note
BRIEFING NOTE
PRECRIBING MOUNJARO (TIRZEPATIDE) IN GENERAL PRACTICE FOR WEIGHT LOSS
Although NICE issued guidance in December 2024 that the NHS should provide Mounjaro (tirzepatide) to patients for weight loss from June 2025, presently it is unknown how NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (NHS LLR) will be arranging for it to be given. The service will not start until at least October 2025 (and possibly later).
NHS England has provided funding for a very limited number of patients to be prescribed tirzepatide (425 in total for this year for the whole of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland).
NHS LLR has also decided that patients cannot be referred for NHS care to Right to Choose providers like ‘Oviva.’
Patients with any further questions or concerns can contact NHS LLR:
Room G30, Pen Lloyd Building, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8TB
Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0116 295 3405
